it's for science. have to have red socks. [laughter] okay, you guys protect yourself, protect yourself. okay, yeah. okay. okay. here we go, gang, here we go. all right, one, two-- wait, i should tell you. [laughter] i should tell you. this is not mind over matter. it's not what kind of granola or bean sprouts or meditation that paul does. you know what this is all about, gang? physics. physics. yay. okay, let's see it. here we go. 1, 2, 3... [applause] in 1989 and 1990, i took a leave from san francisco and taught conceptual physics in honolulu, at the university of hawaii. there, a small part of my class met in a tv studio classroom and the whole course was videotaped, and that makes up the present series, which has been edited by my good friend marshall ellenstein. you'll notice in the series that the students are mainly first year university students. but they could as well be first year high school students, and you know why? because the physics is the same. let's drop in on opening lecture. enjoy. okay, gang, welcome to